progrock

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by progrock 14y ago
This idea is kind of alluring. But you can't really include discussions on your page that might be happening all over the Internet. Reddit etc. This is where the browser should really be smart enough to do a search engine lookup, and pro
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by progrock 14y ago
You'd hope it was optimally done client side, and then hosting would be moot.
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by progrock 14y ago
There was a good TV program of a tear down of a decommissioned shell/esso rig from the North Sea oil field. On yesterday (Sun 22nd July.) Apparently there was a shift in European law, that now forces companies to tidy up after they've fini
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by progrock 14y ago
I've tried playing around with the trackpoint speed under Xfce, and it doesn't help that much. The pressure needed although not much, is enough to put stress on my upper body.
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by progrock 14y ago
No mention here, of the obvious tie between your reciept and your debit card (assuming you can't use cash.) A nice audit trail. And you probably swiped your clubcard too.
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by progrock 14y ago
I find that the nipple requires a little too much pressure (T500), which is a little tiresome. You can be really light to the touch with some touchpads (including simulated clicks.) I'd prefer a nipple more like a touchpad - something lik
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by progrock 14y ago
Either way it's easy to have a flood of updates that you don't want to read, or cloud over the bits you are interested in. If you had two Facebook accounts, one for your close friends and family, and another for interests, would it be any b
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by progrock 14y ago
To be fair, some books can be difficult to hold aloft. The tech will miniturise in time (probably not long either.)
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by progrock 14y ago
You don't need to have a large screen for reading. It's more important that it's easy to page back and forth through the text - and that it reflows well and is easy on the eyes. I watched someone trying to read Hacker news on their Android
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by progrock 14y ago
I'm surprised there isn't a readability style plugin for PDFs specifically tailored for small devices.
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by progrock 14y ago
My Aunt is in love with her iPad, and mainly uses it as a camera, and image viewer. I personally think people look more like dorks trying to thumb text into their phones and tablets.
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by progrock 14y ago
I'd almost buy one. No HDMI out, no SDMicro slot, and no USB support, has put me off until the next thing better comes along. I'm annoyed that Google has crippled this device.
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by progrock 14y ago
Glyn Moody, does a lovely wrap up of tech news.
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by progrock 14y ago
> My FB newsfeed is full of inane posts by family and a few friends You can't really blame that on Facebook.
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by progrock 14y ago
Certainly good reason to hop onto a free standard.
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by progrock 14y ago
I was refering to long term effects caused by Serotonin depletion.
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by progrock 14y ago
If Exxon made a net income of $41 billion last year ( http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/04/16/whi... ), then it's pretty much money for nothing. BP's deepwater disaster indicates that not enough is being done to protect the
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by progrock 14y ago
I don't think that the associated brain damage linked to ecstasy makes it that safe in either form. Scientists can't assertain just yet as to whether the damage is human repairable or not.
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by progrock 14y ago
Isn't it about time we embraced the semantic web? At least then we'd have an audit trail.
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by progrock 14y ago
I'm still perplexed that Oil companies bother to advertise at all. What's the point? I'd keep a low profile if I were them. People don't really choose where they fill their car on the company do they? It's more dictated by price and whe
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by progrock 14y ago
And a lot of US corn and soy is GM. I'm guessing the majority of which is animal feed. See Jeremy Rifkin's: Beef, if you want to read up on a fascinating piece of North American history. Nice fatty corn fed beef was (and probably still is
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by progrock 14y ago
Agree it's a minefield. And it's pretty surprising that the human digestive system isn't better charted. To me it seems that the modern human diet is the most peculiarly unatural thing. It might also be the recipe for human intelligence a
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by progrock 14y ago
There's a lot of talk of soy here on this thread. Is this a US thing? What soy are you eating? It's not that big in the UK. You can get soy milk and it's mixed in with some meat products and found in veggie burgers - but it's not that m
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by progrock 14y ago
Fruit is so artificially selected that it's high in sugar, and probably not as healthy as people think - if not eaten in moderation. I eat mainly wholefoods. My vices are probably beer and the odd bag of white flour. I'm pretty much seden
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by progrock 14y ago
If you're not working to actively put on weight or keep it on and you live in the west, you probably don't really need to worry about protein. Even those on plant based diets can get enough. http://www.pcrm.org/search/?cid=251
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by progrock 14y ago
I don't think I'd advocate the E plan diet as a healthy weightloss program! Coconut is another food that's been demonised. Supposedly it actually encourages weight loss - and is a super food. I only wish it were cheaper here in the UK.